July 14, 2012
The JAWI Circus continues in a Syariah Court
by Hafiz Yatim@www.malaysiakini.com
A day after Borders Bookstore's warn strongly against a Federal Territory Islamic Department (Jawi)'s application to pierce brazen a case, it received a minute from a Kuala Lumpur Syariah Court consenting to a JAWI's move.
Hence a eremite authority's box against Border's store manager, Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz, primarily scheduled for discuss upon Sep nineteen during a Syariah High Court, will now be upon August 7.
This raises a subject of whether JAWI as well as a Syariah courts truly apply oneself a civil courts or in a subdivision of jurisdictions.
Jawi charged Nik Raina, 36, (left) final month with distributing Irshad Manji's book, 'Allah, Liberty as well as Love' after a officials raided a bookstore between 8.41pm as well as 9.45pm upon May 23.
If convicted, she is liable to a maximum fine of RM3,000 or dual years' jail, or both. May 23.
In reality a book was usually criminialized by a Home Ministry's Quran text as well as publications unit upon May 24, as well as gazetted upon May 29, six days after a raid.
Malaysiakini tried to hit a bookstore's lawyers from Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill, but they were unavailable for comment.
The Circus continues
It is learned that Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd that operates a book chain received a minute antiquated Jul 6 to that outcome yesterday. When Nik Raina was charged, Borders' lawyers had sensiti! ve a jus tice that they had filed a legal review, as a result a justice had fixed discuss for Sep 19.
Berjaya Books had upon Jun 25, obtained leave (permission) from a Kuala Lumpur High Court. However, JAWI to a Syariah High Court upon Jun twenty-seven asking for an early date citing public seductiveness in a box as well as for explaining it to a media as well as bloggers.
Berjaya Book's lawyers, had created to JAWI upon Jul 5 as well as a Syariah justice strongly opposing this move. The Syariah High Court in a minute antiquated Jul 6 that Berjaya Books had only received had agreed with JAWI's application.
It would appear that a justice did not take a company's clever objections in to consideration.
Berjaya Books arch handling officer Yau Su Peng,(left) reliable with Malaysiakini currently that a box had been brought forward.
"In asking for an earlier date for a Syariah proceedings to be heard, Jawi appears to be perplexing to circumvent a conference of a stay application that a Civil High Court has fixed for Jul thirty as well as a legal examination conference for Sep 5."
Legal sacrificial lamb?
Borders had strongly against Nik Raina being charged as she is not certified to select books. However, JAWI cannot assign a association or non-Muslims from a association as it does not have that jurisdiction. As a result Nik Raina had to face a rap.
To Borders as well as Berjaya Books' credit they have been with her all a way with Yau as well as Borders Assistant General Manager (Operations as well as Merchandising) Stephen Fung Wye Keong looming with Nik Raina i! n a Syar iah High Court as well as a KL High Court.
Manji, (right) a argumentative Uganda innate Canadian author, was down in Malaysia in May to launch her new work that was translated in to Bahasa Malaysia by ZI Publications Sdn Bhd.
ZI Publications was not spared either as a Selangor Islamic Affairs Department summoned a company's executive Mohd Ezra Mohd Zaid once a book had been published.
On Jul 8 ZI Publications also filed a judicial review severe a eremite authorities action.
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